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Brownfield Taxation
Status
Endorsed by the NCLGA and UBCM Memberships
Whereas brownfields littered in prime locations create loss of economic value in affected communities and draw unattractive attention to visitors and prospective investors;
And whereas brownfields’ owners settle with paying the cheap cost of annual property taxes rather than remediation of the property for the economic development and revitalization of the community:
Therefore it be resolved that UBCM lobby the Province of BC to empower local governments by amending the BC Assessment Act to tax brownfields in a separate property class in order to encourage revitalization of brownfields for the economic benefits and commercial development of the community.
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